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Bellatrix Aerospace : An In-space Propulsion                                              Tathya.Earth : Understanding
        Start-up Making Strides in Indian Space Sector                                                the Real World Using Data

            Bellatrix Aerospace is an      into Bellatrix, we have learnt a lot            Tathya.Earth  is  a  data-     entities. IN-SPACe, a new entity
        Indian  New    Space   start-up    from their association and going            driven start-up aiming to provide   that has been created to help
        company specialising in in-space   forward we are looking at putting           near real-time insights into the   private companies interact with
        propulsion systems and orbital     India on the global map,” Yashas            global supply  chain  of  important   ISRO,  has  been  benefiting  start-
        launch vehicles. Based out of      Karanam, Co-Founder, Bellatrix              commodities and measure its        ups like us. Tathya.Earth primarily
        the Indian Institute of Science,   Aerospace elaborated in his                 impact on the environment. They    works on the downstream  space
        Bangalore, the company, for        interview.                                  leverage Machine Learning and      which caters to satellite data
        its work on patented electric          “I would like to thank Prime            Computer Vision technologies       applications and plays a critical
        propulsion technologies, received   Minister  Narendra  Modi   for             on  satellite  images  to  provide   role when satellites are launched.
        TDB National Award from the        enabling  the privatization of  the         insights into these assets such    We work on data sets like mining,
        Hon'ble President of India in 2017.  space ecosystem which will usher          as industrial units, ports and     deforestation,  and   analyzing
            Our Doordarshan team talked    in a new era in India. The potential        mines. Their proprietary models    water stress. If you look at our first
        to the co-founders of the start-up   of the space industry is very             and methodologies enable them      use case, which is mining data
        Rohan M. Ganapathy and Yashas      high  and is expected  to  be  more         to   produce   highly  accurate    sets  with the geopolitical events
        Karanam.                           than  1 trillion dollars by  the  end       information  and  insights  at a   that  are  happening  globally,  it
            “Bellatrix  Aerospace  is  a   of the decade. India is the major           competitive  price  and   cater    positively impacted the mining
        space logistics company. We        space  training  nation, and  thus          to a diverse set of customers      and energy sector. It was very
        deal with different technologies   it was imperative for the country           ranging from financial institutions,   useful to the Government as well
        which help satellites to move in   to privatize the sector in order to         policymakers, and companies in     as the private sector.
        space from one orbit to another.   provide cutting-edge technologies           the commodity value chain.             It is important to monitor what
        We are extremely thankful to ISRO   to the world and make strides                  Our Doordarshan team talked    is happening on the ground in
        for supporting us and giving us    in the global landscape. Only               to the COO, Nikit Shrungarpawar    real time through satellites. We
        our first order in 2015. With ISRO’s   through  collaboration, we  can  do     about his start-up.                process this data and provide it
                                                                                           “We  are  very  grateful  to   to the Government and private
        support, we have been able         great things in space, and together
                                                                                       Prime Minister Narendra Modi       institutions which is very helpful in
        to diversify into other areas of   with  ISRO and  the  Government’s
                                                                                       for  mentioning  us  in  his  'Mann  ki   solving the larger use cases. It can
        propulsion and make engines of     support, through IN-SPACe, we
                                                                                       Baat' address. We are extremely    even be useful for solving poverty
        different shapes and sizes, suiting   can make India a large supplier
                                                                                       thankful to the  Government  for   issues and help in understanding
        different satellites. We are grateful   in this space, globally,” Rohan M.
                                                                                       opening the entire geospatial      the supply chain distress the world
        to  the  Chairman  of  ISRO  for  the   Ganapathy, Co-Founder, Bellatrix
                                                                                       or satellite data sites to private   is facing."
        support that they have brought     Aerospace said.












                    ISRO Chief, Dr. S. Somanath with the Bellatrix Aerospace team.       Tathya.Earth's Chief Development Officer, Himangshu Das at the signing of MoU with IN-SPACe
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